Advancing rapidly in the direction of becoming a world brand in the public transportation sector, Karsan continues to be the choice of Europe with the advanced technology products it has developed. Karsan producing the most outstanding minibuses, midibuses and buses of the market, plays a leading role for Europe’s electric transformation in public transportation. Karsan e-ATAK continues to make a name for itself with its successful sales performance in Europe. In this context, e-ATAK managed to repeat its market leadership in the electric midibus segment in Europe in 2022, which it achieved in 2021. According to the Wim Chatrou – CME Solutions report, Karsan e-ATAK became the best-selling midibus in its segment in Europe by completing 113 traffic registrations in 2022. Thus, e-ATAK, which was the leader of the electric midibus market in 2021 with a share of 30%, increased this rate to 40% in 2022 and became the segment leader in Europe for the second time in a row.
Karsan e-ATAK is the Best-Selling bus of its segment in Europe
Karsan CEO Okan Baş expressing that the 100% electric e-ATAK model is one of the most preferred electric midibuses in many countries across Europe says, “Karsan e-ATAK model is sold across many European countries, from France to Romania, from Italy to Spain, from Portugal to Greece. In Luxembourg, which is one of the important markets for our brand, the country’s largest electric bus fleet consists of e-ATAK buses. Luxembourg, giving high priority to the use of public transportation in city, also draws attention by using Karsan e-ATAK in intercity transportation.” Okan Baş, who emphasized that the electric Karsan e-ATAK was launched in 2019, expresses “The bus has achieved significant sales success since the first year when it was offered to the market. We are very pleased that the interest for Karsan brand is strengthening day by day with the support of e-ATAK segment leadership we have acquired in Europe for two consecutive years. e-ATAK, which was the market leader for two years in a row with its electric model, has also an autonomous version. Autonomous e-ATAK, the first level-4 automated bus carrying passengers in real road conditions, provides public transportation service in Stavanger, Norway, “Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK”, while also carrying students and university staff in Michigan State University (MSU), one of the leading universities in the USA. Autonomous e-ATAK reached significant success as the first autonomous vehicle carrying passengers on an ordinary route both in Europe and America.”
e-ATAK has a range of 300 kilometers
Taking its power from BMW battery that has proved itself with a capacity of 220 kWh, Karsan e-ATAK is the leader of its class in terms of range. With its 8.3-meter length and 230 kW electric engine, e-ATAK can be charged in 5 hours with alternating current charging units and in 3 hours with fast charging units.